Merced back-to-school fair offering free backpacks, immunizations, and more

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Dignity Health Kids Care Clinic successful Merced is helping kids get acceptable for the upcoming schoolhouse twelvemonth with their back-to-school just connected Saturday, July 27.

The back-to-school just volition spell from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and volition connection children a assortment of escaped backpacks arsenic good arsenic escaped physicals and immunizations.

Officials with the session accidental successful bid to get a backpack children indispensable beryllium contiguous and school-aged (K-12). Backpacks volition beryllium fixed retired connected a archetypal travel archetypal service basis.

For immunizations, parents are asked to bring their child's immunization paper and identification. To unafraid a spot for a sports carnal oregon immunization parents tin telephone (209) 564-4500.

"Seeing their faces and excitement makes it specified a peculiar event. Not to mention, everything being offered is wholly escaped of charge," Communications Manager with Dignity Health Lindsey Wine said.